Herdmania pallida

Herdmania pallida
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Herdmania
Species:
H. pallida
Binomial name
Herdmania pallida
(Heller, 1878)
Synonyms

Cynthia pallida Heller, 1878
Rhabdocynthia ceylonica (Herdman, 1906)

Herdmania pallida is a species of sea-squirt in the family Pyuridae.

The first scientific description of the species was in 1878 as Cynthia pallida by Camill Heller. The synonym was a redescription by Herdman in 1906, but the decision for synonymy is based on work by Patricia Kott in 2002.

This animal is a filter-feeder and is only found amongst mangrove roots in Bocas del Toro.